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“Maybe we should call ICE on you.”

That’s what a United Airlines employee told a passenger at SFO — a man who was born in Mexico and has been a US citizen for years.

Julio Varela was just trying to fix a ticket mix-up so his family could make their flight to Montreal.

His wife had accidentally typed their daughter’s middle name into the last-name field.

A simple fix, or so they thought — until United’s system canceled the whole family’s tickets and no one could undo it.

After hours on the phone and more hours stuck at the counter, Varela started filming.

That’s when the employee pulled out her own phone and said it: “Maybe we should call ICE on you… you don’t act like a citizen.”

Varela didn’t back down.

“Call ICE on me, lady! Call ICE on me,” he shot back, calling her out on camera in front of other passengers.

United says it’s looking into the incident.

The employee’s badge reportedly identifies her as a union steward, and her union says the comments don’t reflect its values.

Some people are calling this blatant racial profiling by an airline employee with zero consequences so far.

Others say tempers flared on both sides after a long, frustrating day at the airport.

Should airline employees ever bring immigration status into a customer dispute, or is this a clear line that should never be crossed?

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